A History of British Birds, Volume 1Edw. Walker, 1826 |
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Pagina xiii
... distinguished , like quadrupeds , into two kinds or classes - granivorous and carnivorous ; like quadru- peds too , there are some that hold a middle nature , and par- take of both . Granivorous birds are furnished with larger ...
... distinguished , like quadrupeds , into two kinds or classes - granivorous and carnivorous ; like quadru- peds too , there are some that hold a middle nature , and par- take of both . Granivorous birds are furnished with larger ...
Pagina xv
... distinguished by the gentleness of their tempers and manners . Contented with the seeds of plants , with fruits , insects , and worms , their chief attention is directed to procuring food , hatching and rearing their offspring , and ...
... distinguished by the gentleness of their tempers and manners . Contented with the seeds of plants , with fruits , insects , and worms , their chief attention is directed to procuring food , hatching and rearing their offspring , and ...
Pagina xvi
... distinguished by those endowments and powers with which they are furnished by Nature for the purpose of procuring their food : they are provided with wings of great length , the muscles which move them being proportionally large and ...
... distinguished by those endowments and powers with which they are furnished by Nature for the purpose of procuring their food : they are provided with wings of great length , the muscles which move them being proportionally large and ...
Pagina xxiv
... distinguished . I have detailed these parti- culars , perhaps rather tediously , in the hope of drawing the attention of the young Naturalist to study any peculiarity he may observe in the or- ganization of the animal kingdom . He may ...
... distinguished . I have detailed these parti- culars , perhaps rather tediously , in the hope of drawing the attention of the young Naturalist to study any peculiarity he may observe in the or- ganization of the animal kingdom . He may ...
Pagina 1
... distinguished : the formidable talons , the large head , the strong and crooked beak , indicate their ability for rapine and car- nage ; their dispositions are fierce , and their nature is untractable ; cruel and unsociable , they avoid ...
... distinguished : the formidable talons , the large head , the strong and crooked beak , indicate their ability for rapine and car- nage ; their dispositions are fierce , and their nature is untractable ; cruel and unsociable , they avoid ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
ash grey bars bill is black birds of prey blue bluish breast and belly breed BRITISH BIRDS Buff Buffon cere chesnut chiefly claws black Cuckoo dark brown dull white dusky brown Eagle eyes hazel Falco feathers feeds feet female lays Fieldfare five eggs five inches flocks fore frequently genus greater coverts green ground head and neck hinder insects irides kind Lark Latham lays five lays four light likewise Linn.-Le male mandible marked middle feathers Motacilla moult MOUNTAIN FINCH nearly nest numbers observed olive outer pale brown pale edges pale yellow places Plover plumage PRATINCOLE prey quadrupeds quill feathers quills dusky Red Grouse reddish brown rump rust colour rusty scapulars seen short shot sides sometimes song species specimen spotted with brown streak Swallow tail feathers Temminck thighs throat Thrush tinged tipped with white Titmouse toes trees vent white spot White-tailed Eagle whitish wing coverts winter yellowish
Populaire passages
Pagina 296 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting. martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
Pagina 93 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pagina 234 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak. 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy...
Pagina xxv - tis nought But restless hurry through the busy air, Beat by unnumber'd wings. The swallow sweeps The slimy pool, to build his hanging house Intent. And often, from the careless back Of herds and flocks, a thousand tugging bills Pluck hair and wool...
Pagina xxv - Of hazel, pendent o'er the plaintive stream, They frame the first foundation of their domes; Dry sprigs of trees, in artful fabric laid, And bound with clay together. Now 'tis nought But restless hurry through the busy air, Beat by unnumber'd wings.
Pagina 239 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Pagina xxv - Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring...
Pagina xxiv - Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat, When the frost rages and the tempests beat ? Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The God of Nature is your secret guide!
Pagina 216 - Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high, And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty; Who doth the world so gloriously behold, That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold.
Pagina 117 - Pour'd out profusely, silent : join'd to these Innumerous songsters, in the freshening shade Of new-sprung leaves, their modulations mix Mellifluous. The jay, the rook, the daw, And each harsh pipe, discordant heard alone, Aid the full concert ; while the stockdove breathes A melancholy murmur through the whole.